Hook and eye



No. 920,999. f Patented Mar. I4, |999. J. TEN HOPE.

HOOK AND EYE.

(Application led Aug. 17, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Witnesses. Inventor.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TEN HOPE, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.` 620,993, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed August 17,1896. Serial No. 603,078. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TEN HOPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks and eyes, and is an improvement on the hooks and eyes shown in Patents No. 489,520, granted January 10, 1893, and No. 509,347,- granted November 21, 1893, to Zervah E. Bates and Mary E. Collins, with additional and special features.

The constructions shown in patents above referred to while they are exceedingly effective and eflicient are very difficult to manufacture, and I have also discovered that it is possible to make the hook and eye more compact and still perform every function required of such an article.

The objects of this invention are therefore, first, to simplify the construction of hooks and eyes of this class generally; second, to make a hook and eye in which the hook is positive in the engagement of the eye, which shall be very fiat in its formation, and consequently adding very little to the thickness of the material to which it is attached; third, to provide a hook and eye in which vthe amount of play or lost motion is reduced to the minimum without the use of tongues and like parts, and, fourth, to provide a hook and eye which can be securely attached to a garment and be inconspicuous, owing to the fact that its attachment to the garment is perfect and that the loops for attaching the same are very thin. Other objects will appear definitely in the detailed description. I accomplish these objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure lis anenlarged plan view of the hook and eye detached from any garment. Fig. 2 is a view of a garment with ahook and eye in use, showing the parts exposed on the inside of the garment when the same is in use,the incased portions being in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig.

2, the hook and eye being indicated in full. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modilication, the view heilig similar to that shown in Fig. l.

In the drawings similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A is the hook, and B is the eye. The hook is made up of a body portion or central shank I, which has loops D at its back and formed flat with the shank in the usual manner. The sides of the shank are expanded into loops D D atthe base of the bill of the hook, forming a broad open single loop at that point. The bill of the hook is returned upon the shank of the hook in the usual form, except that the hook'is turned out and the under portion compressed into close proximity to the shank on the straight portion I.

lThe eye is formed of the shank G, having loops fiat :with the saine at the rear end corresponding to the loops D on the shank I of the hook. The shank of the eye is also expanded into loops C O, corresponding into the loops D D of the hook, lying in the same plane with the remaining parts, and the engaging portion of the eye is a loop E, in line with the shank G, the whole being in the saine plane. The engaging portion E of the eye is made perfectly straight to afford a more perfect and stable engaging portion with the hook A. In this construction it` will be observed that when the hook and eye are brought together the engaging portion E is crowded under the bill F, and as soon as it comes to the loop D D all friction is removed and it passes freely to the base of the' bill, and when the main portions of the hook and the eye swinginto the same plane the back of the loops C C of the eye positively limits the play of the hook to very narrow limits. This is especially true when the hook is attached to agarmentaslhaveindicated. Theeyeis retained also by the proximity of the curved bill of the hook to the central shank. The hook is attached by inserting into the ly in the garment, as I have indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, Where only the bill is allowed to protrude. The eye is also inserted into a ily in the opposite portion of the garment with only the engaging IOO portion E protruding'. Both the hook and eye are secured in place by sewing through the loops thereon both in front and in the rear, which afford separate points of anchorage for each part, Which practically makes the hook and eye a part of the garment itself, except where it protrudes for engaging purposes. The attaching loop and shanks of both the hook and eye lie in the same plane. The advantage is obvious in securing a smooth attachment and a fiat finish.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slight modification, where the loops D D and C C, instead of being formed separate, are made into a single broad loop D and a broad loop C, loops D D and the loops C C'being joined in the middle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as n ew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hook and eye, the hook A made up of a central shank I with attaching-loops D D at the rear end which is abruptly expanded into attaching-loops DD at or near the base V of the bill of the hook, and the bill F of which is turned backward past the loops D D and curved into close proximity with the shank I near the loops D D with the point thereof slightly outturned, inv combination with the eye B having a central shank G provided with the attaching-loops C C at the rear end and abruptly expanded forward of said loops C C into attachingloops C' C and provided toward the opposite end with an engaging loop portion E, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. yIn a hook and eye, thehook A made up of a central shank I which is abruptly expanded into attaching-loops D D at or near to the base of the bill ofthe hook and the bill F of which is turned backward past the loops D D and curved into 'close proximity with the shanks I near the loops D' With the point thereof slightly outturnecl, in combination with the eye B having a central shank G provided With attaching-loops C C and abruptly eXpanded'forWard of said loops into attachingloops Q' C' and provided toward the opposite end with an engaging loop portion E, substantially asl described for the purpose specified.

3. The hook A made up of a central shank I with attaching-loops at the rear end, which shank is abruptly expanded into attachingloops D' D' at or near the base of the bill of the hook, and the bill F which is turned backward past the loops D D and curved into close proximity to the shank I to secure thc snap effect With the point thereof slightly outturned, as specied.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN TEN HOPE. [L sfl X'Vitnesses:

V. E. CHAPPELL, W. S. Woon. 

